A Peek at Miss Dietzs 1st Grade Classs Year

September
Reading: Introduce/Review Daily 5 & Readers
Workshop
Writing: Create a talking community
Math: Understanding Addition & Subtraction
Social Studies: History: Living & Working Together in
Families & Schools

November
Reading: Use strategies to solve word problemsactivate prior knowledge, monitor for meaning,
cross-check strategies & retell for understanding to
read with accuracy.
Writing: Focus on the writing process & revision
Math: Addition & Subtraction facts to 20
Social Studies: Civics & Government

January
Reading: Learn about the world from informational
reading.
Writing: Study author intentions to develop writing
craft
Math: Comparing Numbers to 100 and Adding with
Tens & Ones
Science: Animals and Plants

March
Reading: Use mixed genres to practice and problem
solve using a repertoire of strategies
Writing: Write opinion letters to influence social action
Math: Time and Using Data to answer Questions
Social Studies: Geography

May
Reading: Character Clubs- pay attention to patterns
to comprehend characters
Writing: Write like a scientist- investigation Notebooks
Math: Fractions of Shapes
Science: All About Matter

October
Reading: Launch Daily 5 & Readers Workshop- focus
on building reading stamina
Writing: Launch Writers Workshop
Math: 5 & 10 Relationships and Addition &
Subtraction Facts to 12
Science: How Scientists Work and Technology All
Around Us

December
Reading: Use strategies to solve word problemsactivate prior knowledge, monitor for meaning,
cross-check strategies & retell for understanding to
read with accuracy.
Writing: Writing of sequence instructions: how-to
books
Math: Counting & Number Patterns to 120 and Tens &
Ones
Social Studies: Economics

February
Reading: Character Study- Thinking about characters
to deepen the understanding of the story
Writing: Write using authors craft
Math: Subtracting Tens & Ones and Length
Science: Environments and Earths Resources

April
Reading: Character Clubs- Follow characters across
books & talk to others about whats noticed.
Writing: Informational text- writing about personal
expertise
Math: Geometry
Science: Weather & Seasons and Objects in the
Sky

June
Reading: Review of all the concepts taught
Writing: Making Summer Writing Plans
Math: Get Ready for 2nd Grade!
Social Studies: Public Discourse, Decision Making, &
Citizen Involvement